What are chipotle meco peppers? Chipotle meco peppers (also known as chipotle tipico) are a type of smoked, dried jalapeño. After being allowed to ripen to a bright red, these peppers are smoked for a longer period than their more common counterpart, the chipotle morita. …
What are Facing Heaven peppers? Facing Heaven peppers, also known as Chao Tian Jiao in Chinese, are a type of chili pepper commonly used in Sichuan cuisine. These peppers are small, round, and have a unique shape where the tip of the pepper points upwards, …
What are Satan’s Kiss peppers? The Satan’s Kiss pepper (a.k.a. Baccio de Satana) has a playful look: small and round, cherry pepper-like. But its name should warn you that there’s something hidden behind its cute facade. Yes, this Italian heirloom pepper has a surprising punch …
What are Mad Hatter peppers? The Mad Hatter pepper is a hybrid of the unique miter-shaped Bishop’s Crown pepper and a 2017 winner of the All-America Selection Award (AAS). It has a similarly sweet, fruity taste as the Bishop’s Crown, but with much less heat …
While Aleppo pepper has grown in popularity for authentic Mediterranean cuisine, it’s notoriously difficult to source. Good luck finding it at your local grocery store, and even spice shops have a hard time keeping it on the shelf due to conflicts in this chili’s Syrian and …
Pasilla peppers are one of the “holy trinity” of Mexican mole chilies, so – with the rise in popularity of authentic Mexican cuisine – the pasilla’s popularity is also rising around the world. But, depending on where you live, they can be tough to find. So what are …
What are Dragon’s Breath peppers? There are super-hot peppers, then there are super-hot, mind blowing, out of this world peppers. The Dragon’s Breath pepper is arguably now the king of the latter. With a reported peak heat of 2.48 million Scoville heat units, the Dragon’s …
What are ancho peppers? The poblano, like the jalapeño, is a chili with a famous flip-side. Their dried versions are so popular, in fact, that they have their own names: the chipotle (jalapeño) and the ancho pepper (poblano). How famous is the ancho? It’s part of …
What are banana peppers? It comes as no surprise how the banana pepper got its name. Its long, curved shape and yellowish hue resemble the fruit for which it’s named. Banana peppers are mild chilies (0 to 500 Scoville heat units), with a tasty natural …
What is urfa biber? Urfa Biber (a.k.a. isot pepper, isot biber, or simply urfa pepper) is a medium-heat Turkish chili (30,000 to 50,000 Scoville heat units) that’s almost always sold in ground flaked form (like its close cousin Aleppo pepper.) But, also like Aleppo pepper, …